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WRIT SERVED ON PAKUF.A. FOR SALVAGE DAMAGE. (United Press Assn.) WELLINGTON, Last Night. An ev.ent unique in the history of Wellington, and which aroused much interest on the waterfront, occurred this morning, when Wellington Harbour 3oard served a writ on the Richardson steamer. Pakura, claiming £SOOO salvage. The Pakura struck an unknown rock while approaching Tora, landing on the East Coast on November 7th. She was towed off the rock the following day by the Harbour tug, Toia. which then towed her to Wellington. The Pakura was extensively damag-
ed and spent three weeks on th,e pat ent slip undergoing repairs. She left here on her first trij» sine? the mishap last Tuesday, and returned to Wellington from Gisborne this morning. ’Shortly after her arrival, the Writ was solemnly attached to the Pakura *s foremast. The writ was a wordy legal document of extreme length
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Inangahua Times, 22 December 1931, Page 4
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